the rescue operation is underway in northern russia after a deadly methane explosion that left at least eighteen people dead we bring you the details live. as a militant group known she's guerrilla attacks on the b.b.c. liberated city of amid claims by the french military that the operation is almost complete. leaks congressional report these the u.s. missile shield in europe defenseless system they failed to protect american nato allies could be aimed at russia. experts in the u.k. claim that the failing economy and cutbacks are increasingly driving britain's suicide.

you're watching we're breaking news this hour eighteen miners have been killed after a me thing explosion in russia's northern komi republic. joins us live in the studio what more can you tell us about this well at this point we do know that the number of those killed has reached eighteen at these things these are lot latest official figures that we're getting and we also know that at least two hundred forty two people have been safely rescued and led up to the surface this is pretty much where the numbers stop where you can also talk about at least three people being wounded this is what the ministry of emergencies is telling us as well as the ministry of interior we also know that prime minister dmitry medvedev has already made has already given an order to. compensate to those who have lost their loved ones and relatives in this blast the compensation should be in the amount of two million rubles that's roughly. sixty six thousand dollars that's what we know about the

details so far we also know that there has been no fire after the explosion you can see that's somewhat good news otherwise we'd be talking about much larger figures out victims absolutely but do we know anything at all about what may have caused the blast and what investigators say of course that's the first question that comes to mind usually what happened at this point we don't know for sure again it's relatively early we do know that again the information coming from the ministry of emergencies is that they have not recorded any jumps or changes in the level of carbon dioxide or methane gas and that's usually the number one cause the sudden burst of methane but they have they have launched a criminal case into the negligence into the negligence when it comes to safety regulations on this site now we're talking about this mine which is turning forty this year so you can talk about it being brand new however it did actually earn some awards in terms of labor conditions so of course it's up to investigators to

figure out what exactly has happened and put the things together and figure out the cause of this unfortunate incident ok or from there in there thanks for the update we'll keep up to speed with that of course thank you. moving on is the mystery rebel group is claiming responsibility for ongoing violence in mali is northern city of galle or so after a gunman dollars to surprise guerrilla attack over the weekend the city was rocked by two suicide bombings of affronts maintains a military campaign in mali to force out is that this is almost complete local correspondents gonzalo one reports forty. the situation in mali is obviously going to have a gruesome ending there are more than enough indications of that last friday the country was shaken by the very first terrorist attack in its history according to the witness report of what was carried out by a fifteen year old suicide bomber in that arab descent the bomber was the only one killed after the detonation

a few hours later responsibility for the attack that was claimed by the motion wod jihadists one thing to remember here is that this is a vast desert territory and therefore it is very difficult to control this attack is just another example confirming that despite the news reports of the french army having taken over gal timbuktu into doubt there is still a long way to go before jihadists are ousted from the country in severe artie's crew was given access to the civil defense camps and were volunteers and civilians are preparing to fight against the jihadists the f.l. and they are any account according to local government militia movements that account for a total of two thousand eight hundred operatives but do not support the strategy chosen by the french in mali and joining forces in fighting the terrorists. the same goals so what they did was a really bad service to us all there was not really about the army itself al-qaeda had been operating on mali and territory for

a number of years now they have all this and they keep getting more by kidnapping white people for ransom insurance pays them to have the citizens returned and then the terrorists have cash to buy weapons if we talk about al qaeda there's no way the army can fight it because that she it's terrorism in action. those paramilitary who know the terrain well say fighting a war they cannot take part in is meaningless one thing all these paramilitary groups have in common is their patriotism and zeal to protect their country and drive away the narco terrorists but this is a losing fight given the financial resources and ammunition stock they have just put out. i'm ready to go it's all lengths i raise to give my life right now to save my family up there in the north because we're all here have families i believe france will stop these attacks for a while or and the french troops leave they will start all over again because the criminals are still out there hiding them on the civilians not all of them have been caught really need to be given the mandate to complete this mission our own

we're ready for it although we can do it because we grew up in the north we know the terrain and the people so we're the only ones who can stop them and find them in the villages and the desert where we know every corner and every part of land. overall while the jihadist forces are taking over their land and using suicide bombers to fight for their cause the civilian population remains the country's most vulnerable what route. well you know it's he's going to spoke to russia's ambassador to the un vitaly churkin about the possible reasons for the ongoing conflict to the full interview is on the air at eighteen forty five g.m.t. we can watch it on our website at www dot com here's a quick preview for you. percussion of spring was the dramatic events in libya. we're in the course of the crisis of course lots of weapons were brought into libya and there was

a lot of there were lots of weapons of as it is but still many more weapons were brought into libya during the recent hearings which then secretary of state clinton had in the house of representatives one of the congressman said that they had information that cut out with a wink and nod as he put it from the united states brought in twenty thousand pounds of weapons into libya and you know twenty thousand tons you can arm is small terrorist army and so on of course this is exactly what has happened in mali definitely we see a spillover from the libyan crisis to to a neighboring country and most likely the spillover has affected other places as well for instance it may well be there are many indications to that effect that the terrorist attack in the in the in the jury had something to do i mean close to the libyan border also had some sort of libyan connection in terms of people maybe weapons terrorists emanating from libya participating in that attack.

the u.s. missile defense shield in europe is under further scrutiny after a leaks congressional report revealed the system may be unfit for purpose a study claims a shield may not be able to protect america and its nato allies from a potential iranian missile strike the report also acknowledges that moscow's concerns and the u.s. system undermines russia's nuclear terror it there over the missile shield has strained relations between the two countries as washington refuses to give moscow legally binding guarantees the system is not aimed against russia president obama had promised to be more flexible on the subject after his reelection some observers down at the u.s. will give up its geopolitical ambitions. i don't think it was ever intended to protect against iranian missiles something in fact that do not even exist iran

has no nuclear weapons nor do they have capability to launch a missile all the way to the united states clearly this missile defense system has always been about surrounding russia and china and that's why it doesn't the math doesn't work when you look at having it protect against an iranian system fact as nato is expanding in its encircled the russia i think we're only going to see more of these so called again missile defense deployments into various nato countries looking at how this all of our runs our country today how the corporations control our congress i think it's clear that congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama has nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is

a strong ally of the system. suicide rates are up in the u.k. with experts citing a combination of factors including the country's flailing economy the issue is prompting calls for greater government action ati's andrew foreman reports for the last year and a half and thawing has been coming to terms with the tragic death of a son aged just twenty three toby took his own life riding his spinal words on the back of a bank statement after racking up a three thousand pound overdraft and a five thousand pounds student debt it was just a shock it wasn't from one that had a history of depression or mental illness or even had come across as being down or depressed to. you know in the last few weeks months of his life if anything he came across as someone that you know didn't have a care in the world following his death and became a trustee for the charity piracy which aims to prevent suicide among young people

from a home in cornwall she even runs her own blog giving advice but it's a battle her charity and similar ones around the u.k. are struggling to when suicide is on the increase according to latest figures accounting for six thousand deaths between twenty ten and twenty eleven a rise of seven percent so why the increase while an inquest ruled that toby's financial problems working for britain factor to his suicide experts now say that an ailing u.k. economy is partly to blame for the recent surge in deaths nationwide areas of high unemployment such as camden here in london are among those worst affected and it's a problem compounded by cutbacks in mental health services the double whammy effect of the recession is that the people are becoming more distressed more anxious and therefore more at risk of wanting to take their own lives at the same time whether sterrett and cuts means that we have fewer psychiatric beds that the crisis isn't

there and if that isn't enough the growth of same day loan companies and intimidating debt collectors are adding to the pressures people are feeling according to researchers at brighton university we have some very very good regulations that protect people against things like debt collection however it appears that it's likely well it's because these practices are still. in response to the u.k. government has announced plans to crack down on aggressive bailiff's from next year late night visits will not be allowed and restrictions will be put on what property can be seized they are also spending over a million pounds on research as part of a suicide strategy plan. but that is only one very small step in the right direction for someone like cam it's no easy answer i mean one thing i've learned more about through a thought than i ever wanted to know but i've done

a lot of reading and research and it's truly complex hopefully entirely the trend will go down with what we need to be doing more andrew farmer to r.t. london. well still to come this hour gassing gave a few minutes to explain why many ecologists say in the ukraine a rage by the forces decision to go ahead with a multi-billion dollar against deals with the west that story in detail and more just ahead. download the official publication to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television well it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you could watch on t.v. anytime anywhere.

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country's new leader mohamed mursi his is missed that the government has to use of excessive measures after last week's decision to shut down the video sharing web site. and the regime protests have led to bloodshed in the capital elsewhere in egypt spokesman for the opposition leader harry says people so disillusioned with the government they don't need to be cooled to protest. people are gonna go into the streets they are going on the streets willingly they don't really need any opposition calls for due process because the whole country is in a standstill there's nothing moving forward because there is no real administration at blessing the people's needs and the people demand the actual anger in the streets so the only solution that i can see and any sane person can see that the opposition the brotherhood and all the different political factions to be in a quality of government that would be the only solution and the only way out

because at that moment this government will take responsibility for any reform that's going to be as one of the happening in the country the idea of just excluding everybody out of the government post revolution country in a country that's acting calling for democracy when there is no real parliament in session that can hold the president or the government accountable to the failures of administering the country and then refusing to have a quality of government that's just a call for chaos. and some breaking news for you now the vatican has announced that pope benedict the sixteenth is to resign on for be the twenty eighth the pontiff was one of the oldest to be elected in two thousand and five at the age of seventy eight i mean i don't suppose it makes him the first to resign since fourteen fifteen in a statement released by the vatican the pope benedict says his health is no longer adequate to continue in office more on that breaking news story later here on l.t. . more international news for you now on the head of the syrian opposition in exile

has renewed calls for peace talks with the assad government the rebel held north of syria the head of the syrian opposition in exile has renewed calls for peace talks with the us and in the rebel held north of syria but the offer comes with certain demands including the release of a hundred sixty thousand prisoners damascus says it would agree to sit down for talks without any preconditions the opposition wants to negotiate with the partial present side which the embattled leader said far refused to consider the source of unclear if the al-qaeda linked armed rebel groups in syria would support a ceasefire but it comes as the top u.s. military officer says he supports arming the insurgents to bring a speedy end to the conflict. a stampede at an overcrowded railway station in northern india has left at least thirty six people dead with local media warning the death toll could rise the accident reportedly occurred after rel they officially announced

a last minute change in the. tens of millions of gathered on the banks of the ganges river for that can allow religious festival most significant hindu pilgrimage that takes place every twelve years. and in the latest development of the political crisis in tunisia the present secular party has threatened to leave it isn't this that coalition government move is expected to be confirmed later on monday after days of violent protests in response to the stance a nation of a prominent opposition figure for some of blaming all the countries is misrule as well dozens of people have been injured in clashes with police and was arrested since wednesday. where the gas problems are recent a seven billion dollar gas still hanging over their heads ukrainian authorities are exploring ways to boost the country's coffers there in listing western companies to explore untapped gas reserves however it isn't going down that well with environmentalist's as. the ripples. it was described as the day of

ukraine's energy independence when in november last year he have signed a one billion dollar agreement with a spanish utility to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on the black sea coast delight quickly turned into dismay when it emerged that the man signing the deal had nothing to do with the company three months later ukraine's leaders were shaking hands again this time with boiled dutch shell having signed a real deal to explore and develop the country's potentially he would shale gas reserves reportedly the third largest in europe for. the expectation is about eight to ten billion cubic meters of gas production per year and the highest is up to about twenty two twenty five once it's operational we will strive to fully meet our domestic energy needs and to even become an exporter. this is definitely sweet music to keep for years ukraine has been striving to reduce its

reliance and imports from russia especially now when gas. was seven billion dollars for violating gas agreements this project is definitely good we would pay between one hundred fifty to one hundred eight dollars per cubic meter of gas instead of the four hundred fifty dollars we're now paying to gas problem but if everything is so promising why are people out in force against the shale gas initiative for the second sure know if not worse for years ukraine has often been divided on many different issues from perception of history to the official number of state languages and then you shale gas initiatives are no exception even sworn political enemies hardline nationalists and communists have put their differences aside and spoken out against. the opposition even proposed a bill prohibiting the exploration and extraction of shale gas and that's the real question of information on how the gas split between shell chevron and ukrainian

companies is class it is still not clear if it's going to be profitable plus the companies don't keer harmful it will be to the environment. but political battles of size ecologists are the most concerned with a potential threat from the shale gas program which could lead to a full blown feat but whenever they speak out the pro-government media labels them as agents of gas and. they usually have different camels that extract more gas from the rocks and so the underground system which provides fresh drinking water is completely destroyed because water is a strategic ecological resource and one would spoil it the area becomes practically non-viable. even in the most optimistic scenario ukraine may see its own shale gas filling its pipes only in a decade from now ecologists insist they're not against shale gas and grain simple just that the potential environmental impact from with extraction needs to be

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capello remains unbeaten as national coach as russia has been iceland to nail in a friendly in spain ahead of next month's world cup qualifier in belfast. plus the europhiles russian side and she is a neat and rubin return from their winter break and prepared to face big nine european opposition in the last thirty two of the europa league. and every second counts with a year to go russians across the country can join in the can down to such week as clocks are one fails to usher in the nation's first ever winter games. but that still is football and fabio capello remains unbeaten as the coach of russia as the national side kicked off twenty thirteen with a comfortable to nil friendly win over iceland in marbella because it didn't get up off reports from the spanish resort. many wealthy russians for a second home in the jury a spanish want to be included.